Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs: Biological & Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World cover

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs: Biological & Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World

Adrienne Mayor

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Drawing on sources ancient and modern, Mayor describes ancient recipes for arrow poisons, booby traps rigged with plague, petroleum-based combustibles, choking gases, and the deployment of dangerous animals and venomous snakes and insects. She also explo

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History Military Weapons
Pages 336 Pages
Published November 2, 2004
Publisher Harry N. Abrams
Language English
ISBN 9781585676088
ASIN 158567608X
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